Rainbows End Essay

The impact of these characters struggling to belong in 1960-1970s Western Australia highlights the complexities of belonging in a community where race plays a significant role in shaping social dynamics. Jasper Jones often struggles with racism and discrimination, this is highlighted when Jasper tells Charlie, “I mean, I know people have always been afraid of me. Wary. They reckon I’m just half an animal with half a vote. That I’m no good.”

By repeatedly turning the conversation back on the audience, saying “go to the Sydney Gazette and look it up and read about it” Grant makes them a part of the argument and makes them accountable for their role in the solution to the racism I Australia. Doing this makes it possible for the receiver to feel obligated to learn more about the subject matter at hand and, even after the speeches completion, discover a new perspective on the content. Grant uses the emotive language of “two centuries of dispossession, injustice, suffering” the convey the circumstances faced by him and his ancestors that have beaten them down as a people. This juxtaposes, however, against the use of “survival”, showing how, despite the injustice and suffering, they continue to survive and not give up on their home. This is an example of a long-term discovery that the Aboriginal community can survive whatever it is being thrown at them and is still be rediscovered everyday as they continue to survive in the face of the ‘Australian Dream’. Pauses are used strategically throughout the speech to allow the audience time to process what has been said and allow them to draw discoveries from the information provided for them. By pausing after making the bold statement “We’re better than this” Grant is allowing the affirmation to sink in that it is possible that not all non-indigenous Australians are racist and that change is possible. Discoveries that occur over a period of time can often be more meaningful than the realisations that happen in an instant as they have been considered deeper and can be the most vital discoveries to initiate

Theatre is not only presented as a piece of art, but as a tool of social reform to express the feelings of humans and contemporary notions of society. Plays are designed to reflect significant issues of a society, on which they were created. The play Black Diggers by Tom Wright, uses certain devices and forms of symbolism to emphasise not only the historical relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, but to link ideas to contemporary issues to provoke ideas of empathy. Wright creates a series of character encounters, to express how an Indigenous racial identity is perceived by society and compare a period of discrimination and infringement of rights to how it is expressed at war during World War 1. This provokes ideas of repentance

Examine the representation of the encounter between white settler-invaders and Indigenous peoples in Jeannette Amstrong’s “History Lesson” and Roughing It in the Bush.

Life can be full of hardship, deceit, and catastrophe. In life, everyone struggles to stay afloat the tsunami of troubles flooding them. However, some people struggle more than others, and some people face much tougher encumbrances. In For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf, Ntozake Shange shows each woman struggling to overcome a troubling past that leads them to question the value of their own lives. In order to free themselves from the issues suffocating them, they must eliminate the suffering part of themselves and unite to be reborn as stronger women. This is expressed through the predominant idea of suicide throughout the piece.

Factual research is interweaved with fictional drama in Grenville’s novel, revealing the shocking history, yet building a story around it. Part of the unfolding tragedy of the book and now the play is the sense that both convey, of how history could have been different. Thornhill charges in seeing the land as “the blank page in which a man might write a new life” but for the Aboriginal’s it has always been their land, so they are torn on what to do. It is the shocking, unexpected truth that leaves the audience so silent you could hear a pin drop.

The inspector is not self-centred and we know little about his personal self, in contrast again to Birling’s ‘dominance’ of dialogue in Act 1 and use of the pronoun ‘I’ – the inspector is interested in social justice and finding a solution to the problem. He is deliberately designed to be a foil for Birling as he is less egotistical and more concerned about Eva Smiths death, showing a caring attitude which is at odds with the birlings selfishness and portrays Birling as a villain, for his lack of remorse.

Such as he has a history to make very poor decisions. Such as ignoring his wife, losing all the money Mama entrusted him with. As “man of the house” he should be making every decision revolving around his family, and possible outcomes. Looking to the future in their new home Clybourne Park one can infer many outcomes. Starting from just the community itself being treated different because of their race.

The essay entails the first encounter of Aboriginals and the European settlers, “… the ‘discoverers’ struggling through the surf were met on the beaches by other people looking at them from the edge of the trees…” (Rhys Jones, 1985). The work serves as a timeless reminder of Australia’s history both before and after 1788. It makes viewers question the integrity of Australia’s past and future, encouraging them to ask themselves whether humanity has learnt from our mistakes and how much our society has actually changed. Fiona Foley and Janet Laurence have together created a timeless social comment that confronts the viewers with their own history, thus further establishing the truth of ______’s

In the early 1900s, the Australian Commonwealth Parliament passed the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation Act 1991, to promote health and wellbeing of Aboriginals and Torres Islander (Gunstone, 2008). Indigenous history has been essentially molded by disease and the difficult battle for better health (Mitchell,

Being a white Australian male, Bovell doesn’t have the right to express the horrifying and gory details of the massacre of Indigenous people and the events that played out before. The play revolves around the white settlers of Australia pilfering land from the Dharug people, almost paralleling how Bovell is interpreting the struggles of the Aboriginal people. The director of the play, Neil Armfield, has even spoken about how difficult is was to tell the story that “respectfully mourns the genocide that occurred across the land” and one that “celebrates the survival of Aboriginal culture against all forces. “ For years, Indigenous characters have been featured in texts by white Australian authors and often have been characterised in ways that make them very stereotypical. An example of this is Jasper Jones, a novel by Craig Silvey where an “half-caste” is accused of a murder.

In the excerpt The Rainbow, women can be characterized by comparing the actions of women to that of men. The first paragraph showcases mens actions. After this paragraph it talks of womans wants. One area that can be seen as the author showcasing mens action is when the excerpt says “broke the back of a rabbit with a sharp knock of the hand.” This section can be seen as harsh when saying “sharp knock”, portraying men as harsh.

Aboriginal families are often negated within society. Even when media places the important and attention to understanding the struggles that Aboriginal people face, they are often seen as a broken, alcoholic and violent community. The struggles that Aboriginal people face are purposefully painted and structured in a way that individualizes and blames them for their own situation. What this narrow societal view of Aboriginal people’s lives is that it allows for an escape from the uncomfortable reality that what they face have been shaped by design. It allows for their histories to be erased from the past history of European colonialism to the land. It negates the evident

This book challenged many of my pre-convinced believes. For a long time, I believed people “chose” to be homosexual or heterosexual. Other ways to identified one’s self never even entered my mind. It would have been next to impossible to convince me people are born either way. Around puberty, when girls notice boys and vice versa, I believed a decision was made, I like A or B. Looking back, I honestly don’t know why I felt that way but I did. Lack of knowledge, understanding, media, family, upbringing, social norms, and so many other things influenced my thought process. Today, no I don’t believe people are determined by their body parts. I would use the book Raising My Rainbow as my source of “ammunition.” A child, three-years-old, with complete innocent and no idea of social norms, socially acceptable behavior, and gender roles was born a male but knew almost immediately they identified more as a girl. Their body did not correctly identify them; I would argue their brain did. If that is correct I would be interested to find out if there are scientifically differences between a “male brain” and a “female brain.”

Sadly, our history with respect to the treatment of Aboriginal people is not something in which we can take pride. Attitudes of racial and cultural superiority led to a suppression of Aboriginal culture and values. As a country, we are burdened by past actions that resulted in weakening the identity of Aboriginal peoples, suppressing their languages and cultures, and outlawing spiritual practices. We must recognize the impact of these actions on the once self-sustaining nations that were disaggregated, disrupted, limited or even destroyed by the dispossession of traditional territory, by the relocation of Aboriginal people, and by some provisions of the Indian Act. We must acknowledge that the result of these actions was the erosion of the political, economic and social systems of Aboriginal people and nations.